How Low Can Bad Go?

Maybe it’s the early January gloom (Chicago gray is like no other), but I can’t remember the last time local teams in the Big-Four sports have all stunk at the same time. But they do now. After the multiple eggs laid by the White Sox and Cubs last season, the Chicago sports’ media was primed to go ga-ga over the Bears, only to find that even the worst of train wrecks, as in 3-13, gets old after a while. I mean, Sox and Cubs’ stories are creeping into the papers. Did I mention the Hawks? Why bother, unless you can divine a silver lining in a 8-24-4 record? Which leaves us with the Bulls, who look hellbent on implosion. Take last night’s game against the Cavaliers, please. An eighteen-point halftime leads turns into a nine-point loss in overtime. Has anyone seen the Cavs’ Donovan Mitchell? Nobody in a Bulls’ uniform did, as witnessed by Mitchell’s seventy-one points, including two on a missed free throw (his own, by the way) to force overtime. Box out? More like knocked out. Our three wintertime teams have a combined record of 27-58-4. Hope springs eternal.